The 1st Sofia Spring Chess Tournament will be held 23-29 May in Sofia, Bulgaria. With a prize fund of 12600 eur, the tournament features 41 titled players, among them GM Denis Kadric (MNE, 2536), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (UKR, 2523), GM Boris Chatalbashev (DEN, 2502), GM Grigor Grigorov (BUL, 2497), GM Radoslav Dimitrov (BUL, 2474), IM Nico Zwirs (NED, 2454), IM C R G Krishna (IND, 2453), IM Juraj Druska (SVK, 2446), GM Momchil Nikolov (BUL, 2436), FM Roman Dehtiarov (UKR, 2405), GM Petar Arnaudov (BUL, 2403), FM Onno Elgersma (NED, 2397), IM Tim Janzelj (SLO, 2396), FM Christos Krallis (GRE, 2371), FM Aayush Bhattacherjee (IND, 2360), WGM Beloslava Krasteva (BUL, 2332), WGM Maili-Jade Ouellet (CAN, 2305), WGM Viktoria Radeva (BUL, 2281), FM Baver Yilmaz (TUR, 2233), WIM Gergana Peycheva (BUL, 2208), etc.
The time control for the chess tournament is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1. The tournament is valid for GM and WGM norms.
Here is the full list of participants as of May 10
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1
GM
Kadric, Denis
MNE
2536
2
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2523
3
GM
Chatalbashev, Boris
DEN
2502
4
GM
Grigorov, Grigor
BUL
2497
5
GM
Dimitrov, Radoslav
BUL
2474
6
IM
Zwirs, Nico
NED
2454
7
IM
Krishna, C R G
IND
2453
8
IM
Druska, Juraj
SVK
2446
9
GM
Nikolov, Momchil
BUL
2436
10
FM
Dehtiarov, Roman
UKR
2405
11
GM
Arnaudov, Petar
BUL
2403
12
FM
Elgersma, Onno
NED
2397
13
IM
Janzelj, Tim
SLO
2396
14
FM
Krallis, Christos
GRE
2371
15
FM
Aayush, Bhattacherjee
IND
2360
16
IM
Risteski, Emil
MKD
2359
17
IM
Sidhant, Mohapatra
IND
2357
18
GM
Spasov, Vasil
BUL
2356
19
IM
Filip, Lucian-Ioan
ROU
2345
20
FM
Filip, Andrej
ROU
2335
21
GM
Drenchev, Petar
BUL
2334
22
WGM
Krasteva, Beloslava
BUL
2332
23
GM
Ninov, Nikolai
BUL
2325
24
IM
Kukov, Velislav
BUL
2315
25
FM
Mitev, Valentin
BUL
2308
26
WGM
Ouellet, Maili-Jade
CAN
2305
27
IM
Sai Agni, Jeevitesh. J
IND
2300
28
WGM
Radeva, Viktoria
BUL
2281
29
IM
Claverie, Raul
ARG
2278
30
IM
Ribstein, Nati
ISR
2267
31
FM
Krishnan, Ritvik
IND
2266
32
Katsanis, Vasileios Dim
GRE
2266
33
IM
Nikolov, Sasho
BUL
2257
34
Mladenov, Ilian
BUL
2237
35
Shilon Rahav, Eliran
ISR
2235
36
FM
Yilmaz, Baver
TUR
2233
37
Georgiev, Biser
BUL
2218
38
Boev, Viktor
BUL
2213
39
FM
Patil, Priyanshu
IND
2212
40
WIM
Peycheva, Gergana
BUL
2208
41
FM
Vasilev, Nikolay
BUL
2203
42
WIM
Raeva, Elitsa
BUL
2203
43
CM
Jabadov, Habil
AZE
2201
44
Doraszelski, Aleksander
GER
2185
45
FM
Chkhaidze, Nikoloz
GEO
2173
46
Safarik, Jakub
CZE
2172
47
CM
Todev, Simeon
BUL
2171
48
Iskos, Alexandros
GRE
2165
49
Kishore, Kumar Jaganathan
IND
2157
50
Krastev, Goran
BUL
2143
51
Sedivy, Martin
CZE
2123
52
Mantazis, Georgios Rafail
GRE
2120
53
Ribstein, Orel
ISR
2118
54
Sertbay, Huseyin
TUR
2112
55
Nenova, Andzhelika
BUL
2088
56
La Barbera, Manfredi
ITA
2084
57
CM
Gokturk, Murat Kutay
TUR
2072
58
WIM
February, Jesse Nikki
RSA
2052
59
Banov, Boil
BUL
2029
60
Popov, Ilian
BUL
2021
61
Sucharda, Tomas
CZE
2014
62
Trendafilov, Simeon
BUL
2005
63
Tsolov, Aleksandar
BUL
2002
64
Oner, Cinar
TUR
1991
65
Omota, Vlad
NED
1989
66
Kyparissopoulos, Spyridon
GRE
1981
67
Karaalioglu, Zeynel Mansur
TUR
1971
68
Metiner, Yekta Efe
TUR
1962
69
Roneet, Das
IND
1912
70
Celebi, Mehmet Alper
TUR
1908
71
Aynaoglu, Efe
TUR
1894
72
Uzun, Korzey
TUR
1891
73
Doychev, Ivan
BUL
1889
74
Velikov, Nikola
BUL
1872
75
Dal, Emir Saygin
TUR
1869